As we host our 2022 Disciple Making Conference, we have a message about the Great Commission. We hear how the Great Commission was foretold in the Upper Room Discourse, demonstrated in the book of Acts, and described in the letters of the New Testament. With this framework we are invited to go, baptize and teach all ethnic groups under the assurance of Christ’s presence and authority.

In this message we look at the story of Abraham and Abimelek in Genesis 20. We see how a lack of faith on Abraham’s part leads him to sin and leads Abimelek to almost commit sin. We learn once more that sin always comes with a cost, while obedience always comes with blessing.

In Genesis 18, we see that God promised to bless Abraham and Sarah, but that Sarah had not yet accepted God’s blessing. Meanwhile, Abraham was at a place where he had accepted God’s blessing and was therefore in a place to bless others through his hospitality. Through this message we are encouraged to identify with one of these characters and move ourselves closer to God’s purpose in being a blessing.

In Genesis 18, we see that God promised to bless Abraham and Sarah, but that Sarah had not yet accepted God’s blessing. Meanwhile, Abraham was at a place where he had accepted God’s blessing and was therefore in a place to bless others through his hospitality. Through this message we are encouraged to identify with one of these characters and move ourselves closer to God’s purpose in being a blessing.

This message looks at the ways in which God’s love is made known to us. As God chose Abraham and made a covenant sign through circumcision, so God chose baptism as a sign of the covenant that we have with Jesus. Since all blessings can only from Christ, and since God has gifted us baptism as a sign of our union with Christ, then baptism is important because it signifies that God’s blessings come through our connection to Jesus. Baptism is also a sign that now God’s Law is written in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

In this message, we see Abraham is able to demonstrate faith that God will fulfill His promises because Abraham believes in the character of God. God covenants Himself to Abraham so that Abraham will know that he will indeed inherit the land. This foreshadows the way in which God will covenant Himself any who believe in Him, through the sacrifice of the cross. We are reminded to think of ways in which God has blessed us in the past to help us trust Him in the situation we are facing now.

In this message, we see Abraham is able to demonstrate faith that God will fulfill His promises because Abraham believes in the character of God. God covenants Himself to Abraham so that Abraham will know that he will indeed inherit the land. This foreshadows the way in which God will covenant Himself any who believe in Him, through the sacrifice of the cross. We are reminded to think of ways in which God has blessed us in the past to help us trust Him in the situation we are facing now.

At the beginning of a new year we pause to celebrate that God is a God of new beginnings. May you be encouraged to embrace what he’s starting in your life this year and approach it with faith.

In this message we look at Abraham’s greatest desire and how God meets him in that longing and blesses him beyond his expectation.

In this message, we look at Abraham’s meeting with Melchizedek. This meeting can be considered one of the first worship services in Scripture. What we learn from this encounter is how God prepares us in worship for the tasks for the rest of the week. God pauses the busyness of life, meets with us, prepares us for the coming days, and provides the blessing of allowing us to give back to God.